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Encouraged by support from parents and families, St. Thomas Aquinas Diocesan Regional High School in Hammond has made the decision to enroll eighth graders for the 2024-25 school year.  

We, as a diocese, mourn the loss of Deacon Gary Mooney. Funeral arrangements for Deacon Gary Mooney are as follows...

Three dynamic speakers, including gifted preacher and author Father Larry Richards of the Diocese of Erie, Pennsylvania and pro-life activist Mark Houck, will headline the 2024 Men of the Immaculata Conference in Baton Rouge on Feb. 17.

Dr. Pattie Davis, Superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Baton Rouge, shares her gratitude and joy as Catholic Schools Week approaches.

Note: Deacon Alfred Adams retired as after 33 years of serving 33 years with the parish cluster of St. Michael the Archangel Church in Convent, St. Joseph Church in Paulina and Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Gramercy. He will continue to serve as the director of the Office of Black Catholics in the Diocese of Baton Rouge.

Bishop Duca sends his condolences and prayers to the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, one of Baton Rouge's neighboring dioceses, after the untimely death of their Bishop, Mario Dorsonville.

I was just sitting on one of our antique chairs that went with a table had belonged to my late parents and my deceased grandparents.

Brad Fossier loves reading old, out-of-print devotionals because “there are a lot of gems out there. '

Representatives from the Catholic Schools Office of the Diocese of Baton Rouge and St. Michael the Archangel High School in Baton Rouge said they are pleased with the response to the inaugural Catholic Educator Career Expo held at the diocesan high school last month.

Learn more about diocesan schools closures due to weather.

  A spirit-filled Mass with gospel music and vibrant worship and concelebrated by several bishops, including a native son of New Roads, marked the one-hundredth anniversary of St. Augustine Catholic Church just before Christmas last month.  

From Jan. 1-5, 2024, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) hosted its annual SEEK conference in St. Louis, MO.

The restoration of the first among the stained-glass windows St. Joseph Cathedral plans to refurbish was successfully completed, according to the cathedral’s clergy and staff.

Music has been so integral to my life and faith walk. Like a few years ago when I was in the St. Jude Choir and our Leader, Nicholas Abraham, PhD had noted, even Scripture validates this for those of us who used to think we could never sing or play music: “Make a joyful NOISE (Not Sound) unto the Lord! (Psalm 100: 1)